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To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain predicate, that is, as having a certain attribute, or as belonging to a certain sort, or as identical with what is specified, -- a word or words for the predicate being annexed; as, to be h…

ome think to bear it by speaking a great word. Bacon. She was . . . found not guilty, through bearing of friends and bribing of the judge. Latimer.

ecree, that a deceased person is one of "the blessed" and is to be reverenced as such, though not canonized.

Pertaining to, or relieving, a cough. Thomas. -- n.

To deck, ornament, or adorn; to grace. Bedecked with boughs, flowers, and garlands. Pennant.

ces of hard wood bolted to the sides of the bowsprit, to reeve the fore-topmast stays through; -- called also bee blocks. Bee beetle (Zoöl.), a beetle (Trichodes apiarius) parasitic in beehives. -- Bee bird (Zoöl.), a bird that eats the honeybee, as the European flycatcher, and the American kingbird. -- Bee flower (B…

The flesh of an ox, or cow, or of any adult bovine animal, when slaughtered for food.

By way of preparation, or preliminary; previously; aforetime. They may be taught beforehand the skill of speaking. Hooker.

Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining. We can not be sure that there is no evidence behind. Locke.

To jape; to laugh at; to deceive. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To eject wind from the stomach through the mouth; to eructate.

Grandmother; -- corresponding to belsire. To show the beldam daughters of her daughter. Shak.

A nearly cubical block of some tough stone, esp. granite, used as a material for street pavements. Its usual diameter is 5 to 7 inches.

h Christ with Belia 2 Cor. vi. 15. A son (or man) of Belial, a worthless, wicked, or thoroughly depraved person. 1 Sam. ii. 12.

To give a false representation or account of. Should I do so, I should belie my thoughts. Shak.

ieve so meanly of you. Fielding. To believe in. (a) To believe that the subject of the thought (if a person or thing) exists, or (if an event) that it has occurred, or will occur; -- as, to believe in the resurrection of the dead. "She does not believe in Jupiter." J. H. Newman. (b) To believe that the character, abili…

To emit with a loud voice; to shout; -- used with out. "Would bellow out a laugh." Dryden.

by alternate expansion and contraction, or by rise and fall of the top, draws in air through a valve and expels it through a tube for various purposes, as blowing fires, ventilating mines, or filling the pipes of an organ with wind. Bellows camera, in photography, a form of camera, which can be drawn out like an accor…

As much as satisfies the appetite. Hence: A great abundance; more than enough. Lloyd. King James told his son that he would have his bellyful of parliamentary impeachments. Johnson.

In hell, or the regions of the dead. What businesss brought him to the realms below. Dryden.